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GERMAN SILVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does German silver mean?
• GERMAN SILVER (noun)
The noun GERMAN SILVER has 1 sense:
1. a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
Familiarity information: GERMAN SILVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
German silver; nickel silver
Hypernyms ("German silver" is a kind of...):
alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)
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